The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn’t moving fast enough.
Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries.
Stories of ICE pick-ups and expedited removals have in some cases led people to skip their immigration hearings in Chicago, advocates say.
The Skokie Village Board indicated it would update its Welcoming Village ordinance; a trustee said immigrants don’t feel safe.
The restaurant industry relies heavily on the labor of immigrants, and workers and employers have been educating themselves and each other on their rights and preparing for what to do if confronted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown.
Activists canvassed businesses along West 26th Street, putting up signs they hoped would make the community feel not afraid.
A Skokie family was threatened with deportation by means of two letters taped on their front door, according to the nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group believes immigration officials did not write the letters and suspects they are the work of vigilantes emboldened by anti-immigrant rhetoric. Both letters were written by hand. The first […]
Lee Ragsdale advocated for the publication of a deportation guide for noncitizens navigating a reentry into the country they and family members once fled.
Amid tension over ‘sanctuary city’ status, a rock is thrown through Cicero politician’s front window